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[TESTING][CHAOS]: Chaos Engineering, Random Fault Injection, and Game Day Scenarios

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

manual-testingManual testing / test planning issuesManual testing / test planning issues

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

testingTesting (unit, e2e, manual, automated, etc)Testing (unit, e2e, manual, automated, etc)

Status: Open.

Task

#2482 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 25, 2026

[TESTING][LOCALIZATION]: Timezone Handling, Unicode/UTF-8, and International Character Support

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

manual-testingManual testing / test planning issuesManual testing / test planning issues

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

testingTesting (unit, e2e, manual, automated, etc)Testing (unit, e2e, manual, automated, etc)

Status: Open.

Task

#2484 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 25, 2026

[CHORE]: GitHub Actions to build docs, with diagrams and test report, and deploy to GitHub Pages using MkDocs on every push to main

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

cicdIssue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)Issue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)

devopsDevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)DevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)

good first issueGood for newcomersGood for newcomers

help wantedExtra attention is neededExtra attention is needed

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Task

#307 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jul 7, 2025

[RUST]: Rewrite reverse-proxy module in Rust

blockedBlocked by some other predecessor issue or PR. See notes.Blocked by some other predecessor issue or PR. See notes.

MUSTP1: Non-negotiable, critical requirements without which the product is non-functional or unsafeP1: Non-negotiable, critical requirements without which the product is non-functional or unsafe

performancePerformance related itemsPerformance related items

rustRust programmingRust programming

Status: Open.

Feature

#1619 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Dec 15, 2025

[CHORE][HELM]: Add post-deploy hook to register Time Server as Gateway

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

cicdIssue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)Issue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)

devopsDevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)DevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)

helmHelm chartHelm chart

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Task

#402 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jul 12, 2025

[EPIC][PERFORMANCE]: UI caching strategy and CDN

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

epicLarge feature spanning multiple issuesLarge feature spanning multiple issues

frontendFrontend development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)Frontend development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

performancePerformance related itemsPerformance related items

uiUser InterfaceUser Interface

Status: Open.

Feature

#2300 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 21, 2026

[CHORE]: Implement automatic API documentation generation using mkdocstrings and update Makefile

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

cicdIssue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)Issue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)

database

devopsDevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)DevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)

documentationImprovements or additions to documentationImprovements or additions to documentation

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Task

#250 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jul 6, 2025

[CHORE]: Documentation rationalization and Diataxis framework adoption

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

documentationImprovements or additions to documentationImprovements or additions to documentation

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Task

#2139 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· jonpspri opened on Jan 16, 2026

[TESTING][ACCESSIBILITY]: Admin UI WCAG Compliance, Keyboard Navigation, Screen Reader Support

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

manual-testingManual testing / test planning issuesManual testing / test planning issues

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

testingTesting (unit, e2e, manual, automated, etc)Testing (unit, e2e, manual, automated, etc)

Status: Open.

Task

#2480 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 25, 2026

[FEATURE][CONFIG]: Configuration validation and schema enforcement

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

pythonPython / backend development (FastAPI)Python / backend development (FastAPI)

Status: Open.

Feature

#285 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jul 6, 2025

[PERFORMANCE]: Audit Trail Performance & Configuration Enhancements

auditCompliance and auditingCompliance and auditing

database

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

performancePerformance related itemsPerformance related items

securityImproves securityImproves security

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Feature

#1745 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Dec 26, 2025

[FEATURE][SECURITY]: Separate /rpc endpoints per tool/MCP server

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

securityImproves securityImproves security

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Feature

#1789 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· snmanikanta98 opened on Dec 30, 2025

[FEATURE][CONFIG]: Simple endpoint feature flags

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

frontendFrontend development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)Frontend development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

pythonPython / backend development (FastAPI)Python / backend development (FastAPI)

securityImproves securityImproves security

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Feature

#537 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jul 20, 2025

[PERFORMANCE]: Enhance Gateway Tuning Guide with PostgreSQL Deep-Dive

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

cicdIssue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)Issue with CI/CD process (GitHub Actions, scaffolding)

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

database

devopsDevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)DevOps activities (containers, automation, deployment, makefiles, etc)

performancePerformance related itemsPerformance related items

Status: Open.

Task

#290 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jul 6, 2025

[PROPOSAL]: Plugin Framework Evolution

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

designArchitecture and DesignArchitecture and Design

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

plugins

Status: Open.

Feature

#2339 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· terylt opened on Jan 22, 2026

[PERFORMANCE]: Evaluate async SQLAlchemy migration for high-concurrency scenarios

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

database

performancePerformance related itemsPerformance related items

pythonPython / backend development (FastAPI)Python / backend development (FastAPI)

Status: Open.

Feature

#2161 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 18, 2026

[FEATURE][DB]: Consider wait-and-retry fallback for advisory lock timeout

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

database

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

performancePerformance related itemsPerformance related items

pythonPython / backend development (FastAPI)Python / backend development (FastAPI)

Status: Open.

Bug

#1671 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Dec 19, 2025

[PERFORMANCE]: Migrate to PostgreSQL 18 (Experimental)

performancePerformance related itemsPerformance related items

plannedPlanned for future releasePlanned for future release

SHOULDP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate releaseP2: Important but not vital; high-value items that are not crucial for the immediate release

Status: Open.

Feature

#1639 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Dec 17, 2025

[FEATURE][AUTH]: Universal MCP_TOKEN passthrough - gateway-managed auth header mapping for multi-tenant BYOK

apiREST API Related itemREST API Related item

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

securityImproves securityImproves security

WOULDP4: Not a priority for current scope; very likely to move to future releasesP4: Not a priority for current scope; very likely to move to future releases

Status: Open.

Feature

#3126 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· ftardif opened on Feb 23, 2026

[EPIC][SECURITY]: OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange (RFC 8693) — User Delegation for Virtual Servers

apiREST API Related itemREST API Related item

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

epicLarge feature spanning multiple issuesLarge feature spanning multiple issues

mcp-protocolAlignment with MCP protocol or specificationAlignment with MCP protocol or specification

securityImproves securityImproves security

Status: Open.

Feature

#3385 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· jonpspri opened on Mar 2, 2026

[FEATURE][PLUGINS]: Virtual environment isolation for plugin dependencies

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

plugins

Status: Open.

Feature

#3407 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· tedhabeck opened on Mar 2, 2026

feat(testing): implement storage state auth optimization

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

Status: Open (in progress).

IBM/mcp-context-forgenumber 3139

#3139 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Feb 24, 2026

[CLEANUP][SONAR][LOW]: Identical if/elif branches in catalog_service.py auth handling

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

pythonPython / backend development (FastAPI)Python / backend development (FastAPI)

sonarSonarQube code quality findingsSonarQube code quality findings

Status: Open.

Bug

#2381 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 24, 2026

[CLEANUP][SONAR][LOW]: Dead code - identical if/else with commented-out logic in translate.py

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

mcpgateway.translateIssues and features related to the translate componentIssues and features related to the translate component

pythonPython / backend development (FastAPI)Python / backend development (FastAPI)

sonarSonarQube code quality findingsSonarQube code quality findings

Status: Open.

Bug

#2379 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 24, 2026

[CLEANUP][SONAR][LOW]: Identical if/elif branches in path_template normalization in schemas.py

choreLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance choresLinting, formatting, dependency hygiene, or project maintenance chores

COULDP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permitsP3: Nice-to-have features with minimal impact if left out; included if time permits

pythonPython / backend development (FastAPI)Python / backend development (FastAPI)

sonarSonarQube code quality findingsSonarQube code quality findings

Status: Open.

Bug

#2376 In IBM/mcp-context-forge;

· crivetimihai opened on Jan 24, 2026